Stalin was a power freak. Only reason he "tried to resign" is because Lenin released a statement criticizing him before he died. It's kind of like saying Matt Gaetz tried to resign in good faith.
Ill never forget going to Mt Etna in Sicily and seeing a Benito Mussolini sculpture in the gift shop. I thought it was a joke at first, but no, they really did support Benito Mussolini. Ignorant bastards.
His perspective on the world went too deeply against mine. I couldn't take the hypocrisy anymore.